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New strategy developed by researchers to fight antibiotic resistance
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 15 (ANI): Bioscience engineers have developed a new antibacterial strategy that weakens bacteria by preventing them from cooperating.
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Researchers find evidence for reduced brain connections in schizophrenia
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 15 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers have been able to show, for the first time, lower levels of protein found in the brains of people with schizophrenia due to advances in scanning.
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Galactic gamma-ray source map reveals birthplaces of high-energy particles
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 15 (ANI): In a new catalogue compiled by researchers, nine sources of extremely high-energy gamma rays have been identified.
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Cases of injuries and deaths might increase due to climate change: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 14 (ANI): Unusual temperature fluctuations resulting from climate change can lead to 2135 additional injury-related deaths each year in the US as predicted by a study which was carried out by researchers from Imperial College London, Columbia, and Harvard.
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Machine keeps alive human livers for a week outside the body
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 14 (ANI): Until now, livers could be stored outside the body for only a few hours. In a major breakthrough, researchers have developed a machine that repairs injured human livers and keeps them alive outside the body for one week.
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Study reveals sugar content in soft drinks declines 29% in the UK
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA) Jan 13 (ANI): After the British government introduced the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) to help tackle childhood obesity in the country, the soft drink companies have drastically reduced the sugar content in the Aerated drinks. Researchers in the UK have looked at th
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Study reveals baby and adult brains 'sync up' during play
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): Researchers have conducted the first study of how baby and adult brains interact during natural play, and they found measurable similarities in their neural activity. The study suggests that you might be 'on the same wavelength,' experiencing similar b
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iRhom2 protein involved in obesity detection
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): The researchers have found in a study that the loss of iRhom2 protein in mice contributes to a reduction in fat in the body and increases energy intake of fatty deposits known as adipose.
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Prenatal exposure to flame retardants may be associated with reading probl
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): A recent study by researchers of Columbia University suggests that prenatal exposure to flame retardants can increase the risk of developing reading problems.
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Study suggests that long-term medication for schizophrenia is safe
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): Researchers from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet found out that mortality rate in patients suffering from schizophrenia is higher when the patients are not on medication as compared to when they are.
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Researchers find quick, better radiation therapy for cancer patients
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Philadelphia [USA], Jan 11 (ANI): A new development in medical science will make it possible for cancer patients to undergo an entire course of radiation treatment in less than a second, rather than over several weeks.
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Awakening dormant dopaminergic neurons is key to reversing Parkinson's, sa
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Jan 11 (ANI): Parkinson's disease affects as many as 10 million people across the world and apart from causing just movement disabilities. It also adversely impacts their quality of life. The current treatment approaches for Parkinson's disease (PD) are mostly symptomati
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